§ 7.1-3-20-23 — Hotels; in-room vending units

(a) As used in this section, "in-room
vending unit" means a closed container that is:
(1) located in a guest room of a hotel; and
(2) used for the storage and dispensing of food or beverage
(alcoholic or nonalcoholic).
(b) The holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel may
dispense alcoholic beverages in individual portions to registered hotel
guests through in-room vending units.
(c) Access to the interior of an in-room vending unit must be:
(1) restricted by a locking device, the opening of which requires
use of a key, magnetic card, or similar device; or
(2) controlled at all times by the holder of a retailer's permit that
is issued to a hotel.
(d) Alcoholic beverages may be dispensed through in-room vending
units only:
(1) on days and at times when the sale of alcoholic beverages is
permitted under this title; and
(2) to persons who are permitted to purchase alcoholic beverages
under this title.
(e) A permittee to whom this section applies may provide a key,
magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior
of an in-room vending unit only to a person who is:
(1) a registered hotel guest; and
(2) twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
(f) In order to prevent the illegal furnishing of an alcoholic beverage
to a minor, a permittee to whom this section applies shall determine
that the registered hotel guest is not a minor (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-25) prior to providing a key, magnetic card, or similar device
required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit to that
registered hotel guest.
(g) Each employee of a permittee to whom this section applies who
handles alcoholic beverages for dispensing through an in-room vending
unit must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and hold an
employee's permit issued by the commission under IC 7.1-3-18-9.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.102-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.88.